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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1887.
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Color Hiindness-1he Three Varieties
Under Which People Suffer.

Color Hiindness-1he Three Narieties
Under Which People suffer.
Color blindness is: l. Inability to discern
any color properly so called, so that black
and white-namely, light and shade-are the
only variations of tint perceived. q lnabil-
ity to discriminate between the nicer shades
of the more composite cUlors, such as browns,
grays and neutral tints. g. Inability to dis
tinguish between the primary colors, red,
blue and yellow, or between these and the
secondary and tertiary colors, such as green,
purple, orange and brown. The first sort OF
color blindness would appear to be very rare,
but well marked cases of it are on record.
The second variety, where the nicer shsSdies h4gsSi
ING 9lPeeaf to be very common-the rule
rather than the exception in the majority Of
persons, at least of She male sex, in this coun-
try; but it is matter of doubt how far il
may not be referable to imperfect cultivation
of the sense of color. The third form is the
most important variety of the affection In
extreme cases. although colors are occasion.
ally quite correctly named. there is no Ger.
tainty as to any color; in less severe cases
two colors, at least, as red and green and
generally four, as red, green, olive and
brown, are not distinguished from eacl
other. Yellow would appear to he that which
gives least difficulty to those not absolutely
unconscious of color; while blue, if pure, and
well illuminated, is readily recognized by til,
color blind, few of whom, indeed, describe
it as the color which they see best.
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THE WAR SERIES.

which has been followed with uuilaggiuC in
terest by great audience, will rccup, less
space during the coming year. G ;vsburg
will be described by Gen. Hunt t,Ir, fthe
Union Artillery, Gen. Longstrcct, Ger NJ.
Law, and Others Chiekamauga, by Ge D.
II. Hill Sherman's March to tho Sea b.,
Generals Howard and Slocum General O
A. Gilmore, VIM. F. Smith, John GiJbCn
Horace Porter and John S. Mosby will dc.
scribe special battles and incidents. Stories
of naval engagements, prison life, etc, etc.
will appear.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-01
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN
BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES
JOHN G. NICOLAY AND COLONEL
JOHN HAY.

This great work, begun, with the sanction
of President Lincoln, and continued under
the authority of his son, the Hon. Robert T.
Lincoln, is the only full and authoritative re-
cord of the life of Abraham Lincoln. It's
authors were friends of Lincoln before his
presidency they were most intimately asso.
ciated with him as private secretaries
throughout his term of Office, and to them
were transferred upon Lincolns death all
his private papers. Here will be told the in.
side history of the civil war and of President
Lincoln's administration, important details
of which have hitherto IT rtmained unrevealed,
that they might first appear in this authentic
history. By reason of the publication OF
this work,
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LInsoln,s rayorIts pne,n.

The poem why Should the Spirit of Nor
tai Be Proud.' which was so frequently cop
led and quoted some twenty years ago from
having been much admired by President Lin
coin, was written by William Knox, native
Of Rosbury, Scotland, born in 1850, died in
ISIS. Knox is perhaps better known through
the mention of him in Sir Walter Scott's
diary than by his own poetical productions
though the poem mentioned is widely famil-
lar Scott, Professor Wilson and Southey
thought highly OF Knox's poetlcal abilities.
His first collection Of verses was entitled
"The Lonely Hearth and Other Poems"
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-01

Brockhaus Conversations Lexikonn saws
OF Gambrinus: "a tabled king of Flanders to
whom is ascribed the invention Of beer. The
name is derived from Jan primus. Jan L,
Duke OF Brahant, at the request Of the Guild
OF Brewers Of Brussels, accepted the honorary
presidency Of the guild. On account of his
condescension his portrait, with foaming
glass Of beer in his hand, was hung in the hall
OF the guild Gradually the name Jan primus
was changed into 'Gamhrinus,' the duke of
the story was made king, and to him the
invention Of beer was first ascribed y
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Currency Of the United statas

On june 80, 1886 the amount Of currency
in the hands Of national banks was S255. $780,
61S 40; in other banks and individual hands
500, ,U53, Is. The american Almanacn
bearing date 1887, states the amount of money
actually in the hands Of the people Nov. /,
lsNl to hr approximately SS29, 7g2, III and
ADDS; No later estimate than this has been
made at the treasury
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First Use Of Forks,

Forks were used by the Vpnetans in tbe
Sixteenth century, md were made at SbefBeII
England, about 1909 Or 1910 The Italians
We're the first people OF modern times TO use
Iorks' but they seem to be mentioned in tho
blDIe Il Samuel ii, l3l, and II bronze fork was
found among the ruins Of Kouyunjk, the site
OF ancient Ninevch.
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NOVELS AND STORIES.

"The Hundreth Man, a novel by Frank r.
Stockton, author of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
ETC., begins in November. Two novelettes by
George W. Gable, stories by Mary Hallock
FOote, "Uncle Remus," Julian Hawthorne,
Edward Eggeston, and other prominent
American authors will be printed during tire
Vpar
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-01
Chemical Elements

lhe slNty-four simple elements Of chcmi,trv
are bodies which cannot be further onnlyzad
INTO bodies more simple than themselves
They are all inorganic. The organic bodirs
are made by combining the elements in vary.
ing proportions.
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VIM str.et

wall street, the center Of finance for Amer
ca, was originally 50 called because it was
iall out along the line Of the palisade. or
Ic.oe' ,eIo erected IN lGii and strengthened in
l653 until it was the city wall
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THE :. CENTURY
For 1886 81.

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serial which has been in active preparation
for sixteen years. 1t is history of our own
country in its most critical time, as set forth
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-21

Don'u you NINA the ola FELLOWS or une
! played out sinners, - he constantly adjures
the minister in charge IF you see an
old fellow in the gutter, even, don't stop,
but keep your eye on the little fellow
ahead. Look out for him.
Armour's theology has filled up the
benches, and they hold 1900 people. The
preacher, ever since the sharp interview
at the La Sale street office, has been
working ON the new tack. The service is
most interesting one. According to
orders, the grown folks are entirely ig-
nored. The whole service is for the little
ones. The prayers are short-not longer
than Armour indicated with his two fore
fingers. There is singing pretty nearly
all the time. The little fellows are drilled
to recite verses or to sing solos. And yet
the benches are almost filled with the pa
rents and grown brothers and sisters of
the little ones. There are twice as many
at this children's service in the morning
as In the evening, when a sermon is
preached
You can do what you like at night, :"
Armour told the preacher in an encourage
ing way after this interview. You can
preach sermon if you like, for III never
be there except in the morning. But at
that children's service 1 want it my way
until see it won't work"
But it did work. The dominic at the
mission now admits that, after all, Phil
Armour knew better what would ill the
benches than trained theologian. Best
of all, and this pleases Armour most, all
creeds gather at the mission to bring or
see the children, hundreds of Catholics
among the others.-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-21

atlng skill, ana spent the next two Ut
three hours among the wives and daugh,
tiers Of other men who were down town
pursuing the elusive dollar His habit is
TO eat slowly, and look, with a gentle and
melancholy air, from one pair Of pretty
eyes to another.
II thl portraits of the handful of men
who are constant subject of talk among
the women of New York were published
they would cause a robust and decisive
sort of derision. The majority of them
are anything but Respondent or attract
i've. If there is professional matinee, a
picture sale, an art exhibition, a boat
race, crack horse auction, dog show,
horse show or circus going on in the after
noon, the masher is as sure to be there as
the ticket seller. AT night he dimes at
the Brunswick, Delmonico's or the Hoff-
man house, but never in the cafe. In
this way day after day passes without the
slightest deviation. The Washers all
know each other, they frequent the same
places, they are popular with men and
pursued by women, and yet the occasions
are exceedingly rare when they are called
to account. They are adroit and hold
their tongues, and perhaps it is therein
that their safeguard hes--New York SUP.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-21
EXCESS OF ENERGY.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE STUNG BY
THE GADFLY OF COMPETITION.

Proverbial Philosophy That Is Partly to
Blame-Labor. in Itself, without Dig
nity-Learn TO Rest-Efects of Over.
study-'Festina Lente."
The vice Of the Nineteenth century Is
excess of energy. While it is true that
there are exceptional cases Of those who,
in familiar slang, are born tired, the
characteristic of the time Is a pushing,
driving, restless, uneasy habit of mind
and body, constant struggle to get on,
10 attain wealth, or fame, or position. and
all this too often with utter disregard Of
the means employed, and with criminal
carlessness of the wear and tear Of the
machine, mental and physical We arc
stuDg by the gadfiy Of competition, and
goaded to renewed effort by ambition and
The well meant but really pernicous adj
vice Of those TO whom our success in life
Is near and dear. To be content with our
station in life is regarded as un-Anerican
and unpatrlotic, and as every soldier in
the French army Is said to carry a mar
shals baton in his 6napsack. 50 every
American youth IS presumed TO have
enormous wealth or high political station
within his reach, and II he fails TO strain
every nerve 10 grasp Z ne Is deemed what
our Angio-Saxon progenit0Ts called mid
cering "a worthless, useless. ambition
less fellow.
Some OF the cheap and tawdry Poor
Richard style Of prove-bial philosophy
must bear its share OF the blame for this
condition Of Affairs The remark a.
tributed 70 Daniel Webster that there Is
always room at the top Of the ladder has
probably been Instrumental n turning
out more poor and inefficient laxy ers than
ali the Law schools Of the country. TIE
poor, deluded disciples Of Blackstone fail
10 see that there is SO much room because
50 few reach the Top Of the ladder, ami
THAI the top rounds are more often az
tanned by series Of happy accidents than
by Flooding industry, especially If the
ploddeE have industry and nothing else.
DIGNITY OF IABoR
Another phrase about which folios have
been written and on which the ,-zss, the
pulpit and the stage have expended much
eloquenee, TIE dignity o. labor" u
equally rafschievous Labor Ia isssH pos
assss no quality Of d.4nary- Il - kt- !
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-21

4 Physician Discourses OF Insomnia and
vice-Several Popular Notions shown
to be Erroneous.
Two men were in an elevated car on
their way down town to business The
man next to the reporter turned to his
neighbor with the question:
IBID you sleep any last night?''
''No; did yOu,''
Il did. about three hours. When
woke up felt more tired than when lay
down.
"Yes, it's pretty hard this simmer for
people who have to stay in the broiling
city, But from all hear, the folks in
the country are not doing much better.
My wife's letters are full Of mosquitoes
and sleeplessness.
Gentlemen" broke in a man with
gold trimmed spectacles, who looked the
physician every inch of him, and around
the corners OF whose bearded mouth q
humorous smile had been fitting during
the dialogue. this talk Of sleeplessness
proves how seldom people will take q
medical mans advice, or even ask for it.
It's so simple TO induce sleep, with very
little trouble, that every man Of intelli-
gence can obtain it unless he be a very
sick man indeed"
well, SIR" rejoined the last speaker.
If you will crafty our curiosity that fsf,
tell US your remedy"
AS to mosquitoes my advice is: XIII
them before you go TO bed. Sleep where
there Is a current of air and have a mus
quito netting around the bed, but leave
yourself plenty OF breathing space II
suffering much from the heat, take a
cooling bath before retiring. find, how
ever, that this talk of sleeplessness comes
In nine cases out Of ten from persons Of
an unduly nervous temperament They
Midget about and imagine beforehand that
they Will not obtain sleep instead of COM
posing Their minds to properly receive
the soothing influence
SEVERAL POPULAR ERRORS.
IF given at all to sleeplessness do not
smoke IN the evening, and do not excite
yourself Lie down with the firm reso-
luton TO sleep, and sleep will come quite
naturally, provided the body requires Il.
There's the rub. A great many people
think there is cast iron rule as to the
number of hours they ought to sleep.
That's all wrong Never try to sleep
unless you feel tired and notice that your
system wants ". Four hours Of sleep.
under certain conditions, are more ben
eficial to man than the proverbial nine
hours. I've had many cases in my prac-
tice which have shown me the folly of
expecting so many hours OF sleep night
in and night out.
''It's the same with sleep as with food.
The appetite varies, and SO does the desire
Tor sleep. Nature knows her business
best, and when man cannot sleep he very
often ought not to sleep A few weeks
ago well known business man came to
me and wanted opiates to give him back
his usual dose Of sleep. satisfied myself
pretty soon that it would be only doing
harm to comply with his request There
was nothing troubling his mind, and his
health was good. He simply had the
notion that he didn't get sleep enough, and
had begun to worry about it. gave him
q few simple rules to observe, and he soon
had once more all the sleep that was good
cor him without using any poisonous mar
cotics.
Judging from my experience. the ~
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-21
RAILWAY THIEVES IN ITALY.
An Engiish Travellers Compiaint-Ssee
Of the Baggage Check systsm-

An English Travellers Com iaint-Seed
Of the Baggage Check systsm-
English travellers In Italy have now and
then had occasion 70 perceive that their lug
gage was not safe from deprsdations which
could only be charged TO the railway en-
ployes, but complaints have always been
fruitle~s even 70 diminish the number u
thefts, except for . short period, soIns year,
since, when a lady u the diplomatic world
had her jewels taken neatly out Of her trunk.
which caussd Official sctiou and detection Of
the dishonest officials, when for a tirns the
thefts were lss common The eject Of the
investigation, which then took place. bow
ever, passed away, and now We have another
princess robbed and another inqatxstion. for
railway robb~tss. like coliissora, require VIC
Tins Ia high positions 70 secure the attention
Of the authorities
In tbs last ten years have bad my luggage
riaed Ave times before learned The ~ay %
trset e, which IL. fr,t, 70 put nothing in the
luggage which can Ia Of val0s 20 tbs thieves:
and, secondly. 20 ses that the locks ars such
- cannot b tampsred with without showing
it when The luggage Is delivered Sens can
tious people carry leaden ssab and psnosrs
with cipher, aud ssal ali the luggage AZ II IL
we're ROinS ffOnz fsStxSe " FSHs1-> aAa ~
elective
The thieves have accs0 70 tbs luggage vans,
and WORK while the train 10 In motion They
generally drive out The pan u the easp Of tss
lock 90 those Of the hinges, 70 carefully
through the contents, put them back as caro-
fully, after having taken whA; they ~kat,
and pu. tbs psns u lock % hlngrs back in
their place. The thefts are generally limited
70 luszsge going through Italy or Tia; ~hiCh
evidently belongs 20 foreigner II a Dor i.sS
luggage sicks:s ca Il showing that /: GO.
back and forth continually IN Italy TIE
thieves let II AjoD~ TIE osnse Of the lug
zaSs thus does not c2scovsr lbs tse.t I'll TOO
ar from The thssf - complain Complaint
q, however, u 90 use. Ia Ga p~-SonAl az
1er1saos. II which my -iss'z trunk had ben
ovsrsosked sD9 go sxtYar;S~i from
IN ssvsioFe IN a writing case az lbs fDs,0Ea.
~Ser. Il vas put a. Turin, everything sass
'aving been carefully rspsac-s I n.ASs
complaint 20 tie station nssxE4S a. yerlos
a son as w. foun6 tha; tie nsozsY was
missing. and tie mazTlan4Enozz csscsl
znghsd q. r,sa, saying IL you fear for Tozr
fleets take them into tn carr1azs -i-h yoo.-
Z - hieh toe whole x.a1 ha~-Eswsf urFoxr-
'Sxly; !; was 10 good sOxs 70 propose %
axe q iAsy's uank ta;o ths pe~<exes car
.aS.-koG~ Cor LoD1az TiEsz
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HE TELLS A PARSON HOW TO RUN
A SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSION.
The Pork Kings Idea Fills the Bench
and the Service Is a Most Interesting
One-The Prayers arc Made Short-The
Mission NOn-Sectarian.


and tho Service Is a Most Interesting
|. One-The Prayers arc Made Short-The
Mission Non-Sectarian.
When the Armour mission, ND on
Thirty-third street, was started with $500,
OOO endowment, It was hard to decide
just how to manage the religious end Of it.
Joseph Armour had directed in the will by
which he gave it 800, 900 that it should
be non-sectarian- Phil Armour, who
added $4O0, 600 TO the original fund, was
altogether opposed to the mission being
anything but broad, humanitarian
charity, with plenty Of religion, Of course,
but OF that generic sort only which would
be as acceptable to the Romanist as to the
Methodist, and as agreeable to the Epis-
copalian as to the Baptist. The reverend
gentleman who was finally selected to take
charge of the religious welfare of the in
stitution was given, in general terms, an
idea OF this purpose of the founders.
They did not want sectarianism of any
kind or degree. Good doctrine from the
Bible, without any theology, was what he
was asked to give. He began with en-
ergy, Rnu ran along for some time on his
own idea of what the little children and
the parents who filled the benches needed,
One day he received a summons to come
down town to the office He got there
promptly and was beckoned over to the
big packers desk Armour wheeled
around in his chair couple of times As if
to select his vocabulary, looked the man
of God over carefully and then launched
tortn his own ideas OF theology.
You're giving these youngsters too
much grape and canister he began.
slowly. Hell fire and birthstone are all
night for the old sinners, but the mission
isn't for them. Now" he added. with
the same emphasis he'd use to one of his
office clerks, Il want you to change around
and try another plan. II you don't, you'll
drive all those children away. When vow
begin your service in the morning
You can read a chapter from the Bible.
Then have little prayer, something
short: not longer than that'-measuriug
on about foot with his forefinGers.
Then want you TO sing-sing a good
many times" he repeated, emphatically.
Then tell story" he continued, 'sttne-
thing with point to il and a moral, but
short. Then you can have another little
prayer, but. mind You, not longer than
that up his hands about six
inches apart this time
IT FILLED THE BENCHES
'Mr. Armour, remarked the preacher,
rather loosely, Il suppose you can run
packing house, bait you don't know much
about religion"
well, =" said the builder of the mission,
very sharply, will you try it,
s'Oh, yes" was the answer
Phil Armour's theological scheme has
been in vogue ever since that interview
nd has been a great success. He goes up
every Sunday TO the morning children's
skSics and watches the thing grow.
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CHOPIN.
All, what celestial arti

All, what celestial arti
And eau sweet thoughts become pure tons and
float
All music, into the tranced mind and heart
Her hand scarce stirs the singing, why metal
Hear from the wild rose fall each perfect pctaiI
And can we have. on earth, OF heaven the wholsi
Heard thoughts 49, the soul OF ineIprsssib.s
thought!
Roses OF sound
That strcw melodious leaves upon the silent
ground
And music TINT Is music's very soul,
Without one touch OF earth
Too tender, even, for sorrow; too bright for
mirth. R W Glider.